(Answered) HIST410N Week 1 Assignment: Case Study – Imperialism and Genocide Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 2, 4 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) See additional required resources within the option...

WEEK THREE CASE STUDY Between 1918 and 1932 Adolf Hitler steadily gained followers with his public speaking skills and his commanding authority (Brower, 2014). What set the stage for Hitler's party was the Depression. The unemployment numbers sky rocketed, and resentment grew. By 1932, close to a million Germans had been won over and joined the Nazis party. In the 1933 election, the Nazis party acquired 33% of the vote. In that same year the president elected Hitler as chancellor. This wa...

Option 1: Imperialism The exploitation of colonial resources and indigenous labor was one of the key elements in the success of imperialism. Such exploitation was a result of the prevalent ethnocentr ism of the time and was justified by the unscientific concept of social Darwinism, which praised the characteristics of white Europeans and inaccurately ascribed negative characteristics to indigenous peoples. A famous poem of the time by Rudyard Kipling, “White Man’s Burden,” called on imperi...

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, select and address one of the following: Option 1: Examine Marx’s writings on communism and socialism and compare them to how they manifested in r eality? What worked and what didn’t? What misconceptions do we have about his original intent based on what we see in past or current governments? Option 2: Compare and contrast communism and fascism. Select one example for each to examine the origins of the governments, their accomplishments, and th...

HIST 410N Week 2 Assignment: Essay – Video Analysis | Video Analysis: Benito Mussolini (solution) HIST 410N Week 2 Assignment: Essay – Video Analysis | Video Analysis: Benito Mussolini (solution)

Initial Post Instructions During the 1930s, much of the world seemed to give up on their hope for a democratic solution to their problems and instead turned to totalitarianism, both in Europe and in Asia. For the initial post, select and address one of the following: Germany/Hitler (Answer Available) USSR/Stalin (Answer Available) Japan/Tojo (Answer Available) Address the following questions for your selection: What effects did the history, politics, and economies of those areas play in their de...

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, select and respond to one of the following options: Option 1: Examine one or more major battles, including both the Axis and Allies strategies, the outcome of the battles, and the subsequent effects of the victory/defeat. Include an examination of the technologies that were crucial factors in the battle. Option 2: Examine the Nazi ideology in wiping out an entire ethnic group. How could any modern and so-called advanced and evolved nation like Germ...

Introduction You will work on a research project for the duration of this course that you will deliver as a presentation in Week 8. For this project, select a person whom you believe had significan t influence (positive or negative) on a movement for social, economic, and/or political change in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore and address the following in your project: Summarize the person’s ideas. How did the ideas or changes affect the establishment and status quo? What was the context i...

Option 1: Examine the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1980s. Include the following in your discussion: What were the main reasons for the collapse? … role did the constant state of militarism an d the costs of keeping up with the U.S. military buildup have on the Soviet economy? What role did uprisings and rebellions in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and East Germany (among others) have on the sudden collapse of the USSR? Option 2: Examine communism and socialism: We hear so often today that...

Option 1:Why wasn’t the U.S. and its vastly superior intelligence and military able to stop these attacks? How effective are current measures in dealing with attack prevention? Have we really learne d from past mistakes? Option 2: What new problems did the Iraqi War cause for the U.S. and its allies around the world? What effects has it had on the U.S. economy? Option 3:How much more difficult is it to battle an idea or faith, even a violent one, skewed and brutal than to defeat a nation in wa...